Evaluating the Impact of Race-Neutral Interpretation of Preoperative Pulmonary Function

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Katrina Steiling. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan;21(1):32-34.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202309-834ED.

¹ Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Association of Preoperative Lung Function with Complications after Lobectomy Using Race-Neutral and Race-Specific Normative Equations.
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